One sport that I never really had the opportunity to get involved in and my age now prevents me from participating in it now a days, is skate boarding. We did do some skate boarding as a kid, but it was no where near as popular and specialized as it is these days. It has become a very “hot” source of entertainment and has prompted a large population to get on these new, bigger and better, skate boards that are [...]
I have several friends that ride their Harleys and they all come from different kinds of backgrounds and a few have careers that you wouldn’t imagine them to have, while sporting the tattoos and all that black leather that is essential for any rider. Several times a year, I will hear the sound of Harleys coming down our road and then keep on coming up into the driveway and I end up have quite a good old time with some very interesting folks [...]
The holidays are so hard on us since our parents left this world over 3 years ago now and it is always a struggle to please everyone in the family trying to accommodate each others wants, needs and feelings. My eldest sister has basically taken on the task of having the Christmas family dinner at her place, while others have been taking turns holding the Thanksgiving dinner and festivities at their homes, which so far has worked out fairly well. [...]
Sometimes the most obvious solution is right in front of us, yet for some reason we just don’t see it. When we use common sense in life things do tend to be a little bit easier. This subject came up after reading an article on gas prices, where it state that only 10% of Americans work from home. You would think that with the increase in gas prices that that number would have at least doubled by now. Fortunately for [...]
My sister does a whole heck of a lot for me, all the time really. But one thing I draw the line on is her buying my underwear. Some things a man just has to do for himself and the purchasing of his underwear is on the top of the list. Now I can tell you that I do not like going shopping for a variety of reasons, the main one is that the closest town is over 30 miles [...]